Ezekiel 14:16:2Ezek.14.16.W2TAB
הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים
haanashim
“the men”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-na-SHIM
- Extended
- haa-ah-nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /haʔănaˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le
- clause
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU
- sentence
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with a hypothetical conditional clause introduced by the numeral phrase sheloshet ha-anashim ha-eleh {שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵלֶּה | šəlōšet hā-ʾănāšîm hā-ʾēlleh} ‘these three men’, functioning as the subject.
Root and etymology
א–נ–ש
“person, human individual”
In context — Ezekiel 14:16
Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares the Lord God , they would not deliver sons or daughters; they alone would be delivered, but the land would become desolate .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 14:16, so the Hebrew word הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים (haanashim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.14.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.16.W2.S1) and character.